
Electric Motors
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Romelyn Belmonte
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By Romelyn Belmonte
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A Review
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Objective: Explain how an electric motor (actuator) works.
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an electric coil that is wrapped around a ferromagnetic substance (such as iron) that acts as an electromagnet when the current is passed through
Solenoid
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a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current
Electromagnet
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes a simple electric motor?
It converts electric energy into chemical energy and heat.
It converts mechanical energy into electric energy and heat.
It converts electric energy into mechanical energy and heat.
It converts mechanical energy into chemical energy and heat.
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a device that uses an electric current to turn an axle
Electric Motor
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An electric motor transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy that is used to do work
Electric Motor
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Examples of electric motors occur in many household items such as washing machines and blenders
Electric Motor
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Multiple Choice
Who is this Scottish Benedictine monk and scientist that made the early incarnations of the electric motor first appeared in the 1740s?
Michael Faraday
Andrew Gordon
William Sturgeon
Thomas Davenport
Nikola Tesla
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Multiple Choice
Who is this Vermont blacksmith who constructed the first American DC electric motor in 1834?
Michael Faraday
Andrew Gordon
William Sturgeon
Thomas Davenport
Nikola Tesla
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Multiple Choice
Who is this an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical British electric motor in 1886?
Michael Faraday
Andrew Gordon
William Sturgeon
Thomas Davenport
Nikola Tesla
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Multiple Choice
Who is this a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist that invented an AC induction motor in 1887 that he successfully patented a year later?
Michael Faraday
Andrew Gordon
William Sturgeon
Thomas Davenport
Nikola Tesla
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